Art Taylor

Artist:  Art Taylor
Birth Name:  Arthur S. Taylor, Jr.
Born:  April 8, 1929.  New York City, New York, USA
Died:  February 6, 1995 (Aged 65).  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Drum Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer
Instruments:  Drums

Art Taylor was an American Jazz Drummer from New York City, New York.  He joined with a local Harlem band that featured Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean and Kenny Drew.  After playing in the bands of Howard McGhee (1948), Coleman Hawkins (1950-51), Buddy DeFranco (1952), Bud Powell (1953), George Wallington and Art Farmer (1954), Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd (1956), he formed his own group, Taylor's Wailers.  Between 1957 and 1963, he toured with Donald Byrd, recorded with Miles Davis, Gene Ammons and John Coltrane, he also played with Thelonious Monk, Kenny Dorham Quartet (1957), Johnny Griffin, Woody Shaw, and many more.  He helped define the sound of Modern Jazz Drumming.

Title:  A.T.'s Delight  (2020)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Drum Jazz
Label:  Blue Note Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Syeeda's Song Flute  (6:35)
 2.  Epistrophy  (6:52)
 3.  Move  (5:49)

Side 2:

 1.  High Seas   (6:49)
 2.  Cookoo And Fung  (5:33)
 3.  Blue Inerlude  (5:22)

Personnel:

Art Taylor:  Drums
Dave Burns:  Trumpet on Tracks 1-3 Side 1, 4, 6 Side 2
Stanley Turrentine:  Tenor Saxophone
Wynton Kelly:  Piano on Tracks:  1-3 Side 1, 4, 6 Side 2
Paul Chambers:  Bass
Carlos "Patato" Valdes:  Conga on Tracks:  2, 3, Side 1, 5 Side 2

A.T.'s Delight is an album by Art Taylor, originally released in 1960 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on March 13, 2020 by Blue Note Records, featuring Dave Burns, Stanley Turrentine, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Carlos "Patato" Valdes.